Fred Thompson...He looks terrible..Oh, and he may get in when he gets in...
By John Amato Thursday Aug 16, 2007 6:20pm
I can understand why he hasn't announced yet. He looks nothing like the Aqua Velva man Tweety called him...I hope it's just because he lost some weight. The fact that he's doing so well in the polls without doing anything except making a Youtube video about Michael Moore is a true reflection of how bad their candidates are being perceived. Can someone talk about the legal issues that he brings up?
John King asked him if the lazy man stigma is real and he said wait and see....
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Thompson: Yes, I do. I really do. We're going to be getting in, if we get in, and of course we're testing the waters phase, legality. We're going to make a statement shortly that'll cure all of that, but yes, we'll be in traditionally when people get in.
He says he'll try to overturn Roe v Wade ladies. And is pandering to the base on Gay rights...
(Carl Cameron reports from FOX Propaganda) He sures like that golf cart...Full transcript via CNN below the fold.
JOHN KING, CNN ANCHOR: Do you think that you can still get in this
race a couple of weeks from now as planned and do what it takes to win
the Iowa caucus?
FRED THOMPSON, FMR. SENATOR: Yes, I do. I really do. We're going to be getting in, if we get in, and of course we're testing the waters phase, legality. We're going to make a statement shortly that'll cure all of that, but yes, we'll be in traditionally when people get in. People have announced traditionally September, October, November. Things have been moved up a little bit this time, in terms of the caucuses. But the campaigns have really been moved up. They've been going on for a long, long time, and we're doing, in a few months, what most campaigns have done over a much longer period of time. But with the ways that we have to communication today in the modern era, there's no question that we can do that. And most importantly, we can have a ground game that'll get out everybody in Iowa.
KING: You met this morning privately with some conservative activists in this state, the people who helped people win the caucuses in the past. They say that they were very comfortable with everything said in that private meeting, very comfortable with your agenda. But they say they're skeptical, that they don't want to just hear lip service; they want to see results. And they want to know over time, as they meet you, would you a President Fred Thompson actively push a presidential amendment banning gay marriage. Would a President Fred Thompson actively push to overturn Roe. V. Wade. What are the answers to those questions?
THOMPSON: Yes, yes, I think that with regard to gay marriage you
have a full faith and credit issue. I don't think one state ought to be able to pass a law requiring gay marriage, or allowing gay marriage, and have another state be required to follow along, under full faith and credit. There's some exceptions and exemptions for that. Hasn't happened yet, but I think a federal court very well likely will go in that direction, and a constitutional amendment would cure that. I think Roe v. Wade was a bad decision. I think it was bad law and bad medicine. You don't just get up one day and overturn the entire history of the country with regard to nature major social policy, without any action by Congress, without any action by the American people or onstitutional amendment, and that's what happened. It shouldn't have happened. It ought to be reversed.
KING: So it wouldn't be a speech a year or two speeches a year; you would promise on both of those issues a sustained effort if you were the president?
THOMPSON: Well, I don't think as the president you can do anything
halfway. I mean, if you take a position, you're bringing the whole office of the presidency there, and you have a bully pulpit. You have an obligation to speak about those things that are important to you, and those things are important.
KING: On the Democratic side, the debate on Iraq seems to focus on
how fast you can get the troops home. Many of the candidates saying
they want to get almost all of the troops out of Iraq by the end of 2009
essentially. If the president won't get them out beforehand, once the
new president takes over, use that first year in office to get most of
U.S. troops out. How long would U.S. troops be in Iraq under a Thompson
administration?
THOMPSON: A lot of hypotheticals, John. You can't deal with an important subject like that on a hypothetical basis. All I know is right now we need to make every effort to make sure that we don't get run out of there with our tail between our legs before we've done the job of securing that place and stabilizing the place, so the whole place doesn't go up into chaos and tens of thousands of more innocent people don't get killed, and the whole place becomes a nucleate
(ph), on a sea of oil, as it were. Bad, bad results for America, and we shouldn't even be talking about anything else but sustained activity until we get a report back from General Petraeus in the middle of September.
I think we're making progress there. I think we have to come to terms with the fact that Iraq is only a part of a global problem that's going to be with us for a while. It's going to take a lot of time, effort and money. We need to face up to that fact, because the security of America for the next generation depends on it.
KING: OK, let me ask you one final question, senator. As you know, the chatter in Washington is, you know, this guy Fred Thompson is a nice guy, he's a very good guy to get along with, but in the Senate he didn't like to work very hard. He's too lazy. He's not going to give the 18 to 20 hours a day it takes to win the presidency of the United States.
What do you say to those critics?
THOMPSON: Well, if I have critics in Washington it's not going to
come as a surprise to me. I'll have more by the end of this campaign.
Proof’s in the pudding. I think that's curable.
KING: Senator, thank you very much.
THOMPSON: Thanks a lot.
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He is the poster child for "One foot in the grave".
WOW...LA Weight Loss Center?
This man wants to be POTUS? He looks like he can barely survive the next 5 years without the stress of that job.... I suppose whoever votes for this wingnut should look very closesly at his choice of VP.
That said, the thing I like about Fred supporters are that they are marginally less looney that Ron Paul supporters.
my chertoffian gut says Rove and Fred. all the conservative sites are advertising this "fredhead" thing.
get ready. this is going to get interesting.
I noticed this a couple of days ago. I think his cancer is back. It's that skin stretched tight over the skull look. Anybody whose ever had someone they know suffer from cancer recognizes it. As much as I dislike his politics, I hope he is going to be alright.
Why does democracy depend on men being able to control women's bodies?
Oy.
Think his cancer has returned. I know they kept harping on Elizabeth Edwards cancer and telling John Edwards to drop out and be with her, but I have never heard one of the republican wing nut TV sites even mention it.
Stawbs,
You got that right. We are dealing with this now, in our family, and Fred has certainly got the "look". Best of luck to him in his treatment but I cannot wish him the same in his bid for the WH.
He definately looks like a cancer treatment patient.
hmmm... Golf cart, not red truck?
"Nuclearized on a sea of oil..."
Idiot.
too old.plus he's a Booshie nazi.....no chance.......when it gets down to the stretch.....I think McCain will get the nod......but that's just me.But I wouldn't be surprised if the neanderthals go with Newt the cheater
Damn, he looks like shit. Yeah, I'd say the cancer has come back... but then again, I'm not like Frist, who can make a complete medical diagnosis over video.
I am with strawberry 7. The man looks very ill. Not the robust big fella that the repubs want to channel Ronald Reagan.
"...requiring Gay marriage?" My God!!!
People are dumb!
Gregory @ 11:
Oh God Gregory, I'm sorry. I've had family with cancer and I lost my best friend to AIDS when she was only 28. I frickin' hate watching someone you love slowly waste away. Don't take this the wrong way but if I do have to lose someone, I'd prefer it to be to a sudden heart attack or something quick. I'm a pussy when it comes to other people's suffering.
re: legal issues
Are you wondering about the "full faith and credit" issue that he mentions? What he is saying is that under the full faith and credit clause of Art. IV of the constitution, states are obligated to honor the legal determinations of other states. In other words, when State X grants you a drivers license, it is honored in state Y; and when State X grants you a marriage license, it should be honored in state Y as well. Clearly, without full faith and credit, people and goods would be severely hindered in interstate travel. Imagine having to get a new drivers license every time you traveled ourside of the state that granted your license.
What Thompson is stating is that if State X grants a gay couple the right to get married, and State Y doesn't provide that right, State Y could be stuck and forced to honor that marriage. He doesn't want that, obviously. And it is a problem in the obvious sense that gay couples can marry in State X, but if they move to State Y for whatever reason, the benefits they enjoyed in State X (i.e. the benefits that ALL OTHER married couples enjoy) would not transfer.
There is an exception to full faith and credit, called the public policy exception, which permits states to NOT HONOR the legal determinations of other states if it would be against public policy honor them. For example, in the past some states refused to honor polygamous or common law marriages, some civil and criminal judgments, etc. Same sex marriage is one of the most controversial of these issues these days.
As for Roe, its the typical anti-abortion argument that the constitution should be read literally and no where in the document does it say anything about a "right" to abortion. Roe and its progeny were decided under the "liberty" clause of the 14th amendment.
Try to overturn Roe v Wade? Kiss of death. I don't care what anyone says, you make that comment it'll mobilize the left to a point where he we'll hope he gets the nomination.
Why he looks so manly and virile and not like a feeble sick old man at all!
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Greg @ 21:
I agree, especially when we've got a woman running for POTUS. More women than ever will be voting. Even my republican sisters in law are voting for Hillary....they've never voted before....well, it's a start.
Yeah...he looks like the Grim Reaper is right behind him.......best of luck Fred....he can't seriously be making a run for the WH.....he's a diversion..
Time for the nursing home. I don't see anyone voting for a man who looks like that.
Greg @ 21:
True. A recent poll found that roughly 2/3 of Americans (66%) do not want Roe v. Wade overturned...
...then again, it's that fucked up 30% of the country who still support Bush and got him elected.
all power gravitates toward the butter cow...
Don't forget -- Bill Clinton waited until October 3, 1991 to declare himself a candidate for 1992. Things are different now, though. Fred has just proven to have dodged the debates. I've said it many times and I'll state it again: Fred Thompson is to President as Bill Cosby is to doctor. He does it well on TV, but I wouldn't want them to do those jobs in the REAL WORLD. The problem is -- the GOP lemmings don't LIVE in the real world.......
jzzmky @ 29:
Sorry about the mistaken double posting here.
But what has become of this site? Posts about how ugly Fred Thompson is? Is this supposed to be a serious liberal blog, or Perez Hilton does politics?
[Your "concern" is duly noted -- Sitemonitor]
one thing for sure....Gay Marriage is going to be a wedge issue...get ready..it's just around the corner.
"Cure", "cure", and "curable" all in the space of one short interview. I think Thompson's got a lot on his mind right now. I wish him the best, but hope he decides not to risk his health by running.
"full faith and credit issue"?
Is Thompson saying that Roe vs. Wade was wrong because some states had made abortion illegal?
calscientist @ 17:
I think they might lean towards Hunter for that....he's being smart...very quiet rite now...letting everyone else stick their foot in their mouth....come to think of it.....Newt's a diversion too
mudshark @ 32:
Illegal Immigrant Terrorists who are ALSO Gay!
It's a triffecta of phony fear for the Faux TV crowd!
Save us Fred, please!
Fred has Tweety's vote. Fred is scared his past will come out so he's waiting to see if that information can be covered up. Rove is good at doing cover ups. Fred will milk this for as much as he can get before saying he is leaving to spend time with his young wife and children. That's what the GOP say when it's time to take the stolen money and run. Hastert is running as fast of his fat body can take him. Tony Snow isn't getting anymore money so he's gone. Gonzales will follow Bush to the bath room and wipe his butt if need be. Cheney is closing shop and praying that the Saudis don't come after him. Israel is happy for 6 years they used the Bush Administration for all they could get and they got alot.
THAT is the great white hope of the GOP???? That fossil is ready for a pine box now. If that's the best the Republicans can offer, make way for a Dem sweeping into the White House in '08.
Still waiting for someone to explain the appeal of this skidmark. Because he has a commanding voice??? This country's standards for selecting a prez are sliding by the year. In 2000, Chimpy got in because he was "someone you'd want to have a beer with." Now, Freddie is riding high because he has a deep voice.
Is this country full of morons, or does it jsut seem that way???
He's testing the waters?
I hope that Aqua Velva or Old Spice doesn't wash off.
After all, what would be the sense of voting for him if he doesn't smell good?
For chissake Fred you're a fucking movie star.
Botox it baby or at least wear some cake.
Will someone be sure to have a tube of Preparation-H on hand for the bags before the next interview?
He's a terrible, stiff actor, he'd make an even worse President. Having said that, he's just the kind of cretin Republicans love. Kind of like Ronald Reagan.
Still waiting for someone to explain the appeal of this skidmark.
No kidding, I read a column where some Republic hack-pundit was wetting himself, cause Fred will be the tallest president ever!
Cue up Shaquille as VP?
Is this country full of morons, or does it jsut seem that way???
Keep in mind, the 30% that still support Bush also believe Jesus is going to fly down out of the clouds sometime next week.....
Calling them morons is too much of a compliment.
Just Republicans will do.
If Willard needed $1200 makeup sessions to look alive, this guy'll need $12,000 treatments, and a few weeks with Extreme Makeover. He really looks his age, even older than the guy who spent a few years in the Hanoi Hilton who's actually a few years his senior. When you see him next to his wife, the word "lecher" has to come to mind. Works for me.
I don't want anyone over 50 years old to be running this country. While there are some very good people over 50, too many have just stopped caring about the long term future of this country. From what I've seen of those approaching the end of their lives, they just aren't that invested in the big picture anymore even when they are still possessing all their faculties.
Thompson was just on CNN babbling on about he's gonna get rid of Roe VS Wade...it was a bad law...activist judges changed the law of the land and ignored the real people.....bla, bla, bla, all right out of the Rove playbook and red meat for his ignorant base.
His base being the 25% of deadheads who think he's the character on Law and Order, they're the kind who drive pick-ups, work hard and make 17,000 in a good year, and actually think Bush cares a shit about them.
Just watching Fred's performance today and the reckless way he attaced Roe, I have a feeling he doesn't want to get in the race cause he knows the extra media attention he will get as an actual candidate will be trouble for him...he'll stick both feet in his mouth before long.
I say bring any of the top Repubs on against the top 4 Dem candidates and they will get their asses kicked!
when are people going to vote on whos best for america? and not vote for someone just because they are black or a woman! come on hillerys a paid for by the corporation hacks and a war monger obammas a one speach wonder and has thoughts of gearing the war deaths to afganistan or if need be packistan ok he said it to a hipothetical question asked by a news whore so if he didnt mean it he shouldnt have pulled out his war dick, and hes into airpac money ,hillery takes money from murdoc and airpac and other corporation thugs, whats to admire about either of these two? jesus what does kucinich have to say to get you to vote in your own interests ? this thompson guys just wasted space in the elections !
Jeebus...he looks 100 yrs old already so you can only imagine what he'll look like if after 4 or (i doubt) 8 yrs in office. The wingnuts are really scrapping the bottom of the barrel with this guy.
Smack_dab @ 43:
People over 50 wouldnt make good presidents because they don't care what happens to the country after they die? hahaha, is it even possible to be more ignorant?
Look, I know the blogosphere is getting more, and new kinds of people involved in politics that never used to be, but that doesn't mean that simply because these new politically involved demographics are finally really getting their voices out doesn't mean that everyone else is wrong. In your case (and I'm making an educated guess here that you're rather young), it's just plain stupid to assume that people wouldn't be a good president simply because they're a deal older than you.
Smack_dab @ 43:
I just turned 50 and I loath these asswipes......actually some one in their late 40's to late 50's is the perfect age....maybe early 60's(depending on the person).....anyone younger than 40-43...is just too damn young........EXPIERENCE....comes with age.
tyree @ 45:
tyree, tyree, please. Could you kindly stop the ranting?
We know you, like many of us here, are passionate about these issues. But your otherwise sensible question -- "when are people going to vote on [sic] whos [sic] best for america [sic]" -- is getting regrettably drowned by the rest of your rant on people voting on the basis of color or gender, etc.
Yeah, I don't know.
Ever since Fat Fred's been flirting with running for president, I've noticed he's looked like hell.
He's not going to have Hollywood directors and lighting people making him look good in the real world.
tyree @ 45:
Tyree...if push comes to shove...as in HC or Obama,if it came down to one of those.....would you vote?
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 49:
im sorry why dont you get me thrown off here if you dont like it!!!
If Fred is talking about completley outlawing abortion he's dumber than dirt.
oh thats right i forgot its a free country
Fred Thompson turns 65 in two days (Aug. 19).
You'd think the last thing he'd do is ride in a golf cart in front of the TV cameras at a public event - unless he's not healthy and gets winded easily. Maybe the cancer has in fact returned.
Mr.Thompson,
Since you bring up the Petraeus report, can you comment on recent reports that the White House will actually be writing that report ?
.....
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 49:
....Actually Tyree has a very good point.....some people will vote for one or the other solely on race and or sex....for them that's enough
Gregory @ 5:
I've seen Ron Paul supporters described as "looney" a few times on right and left blogs but I've never seen anyone explain specifically what is looney about them. Care to explain what they do that makes them "looney"?
Frederick of Hollywood looks more like this than an aqua velva grandpa:
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Annoyed Canuck @ 55:
Frankly, I think he'd prefer to stay on his golf cart.
His young(ish) wife is pushing him into this.
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Bush Bites @ 60:
you could be right about this...I wonder what his ins policy is for...
Fucking Ronald Reagan looked great. He was shot and still looked great. He was fucking old in 1988 and still looked great. When he died he looked great.
Reagan sucked as President but he looked fucking good doing it.
Fred is just pork chop bone ugly. Fuck him.
Does he have cancer?
yeah...he does look like Herman Munster..
mudshark @ 48:
So the problem with our government and president is age?
I had no idea.
All along I thought it was power, money, corporate influence, and immature men who have no clue of the meaning of "wisdom".
Color me clueless.
Chris @ 58:
What makes Thompson supporters less looney that Paul supporters? Although Thompson supporters irrationally conflate a few movie roles with real qualifications for the office I've yet to have any of them blather on about the New World Order, the Amero or black helicopter bullshit. That's what makes them slightly less looney, they are just old fashioned Reagan repubs. What, touch a nerve, Chris?
tyree @ 52:
First, this is an open forum.
Second, I do not subscribe to the view of throwing someone out because s/he views things differently than I.
But if that person is making, as you've been doing here, certain astonishing claims -- e.g., Obama is a warmonger in the pockets of AIPAC -- then, at a minimum, I would expect him or her to support them with evidence.
I dare this empty suit to get in. Even Nixon didn't think he was the sharpest tool in the shed. He has nothing to offer America but more of the same we got from chimpy. Let Tweety interview him and speculate more about his aquavelva.
Overturning Roe v. Wade doesn't just affect "ladies," you know. Ask the guy who's old enough to have had a girlfriend who got pregnant in the days when you had to frantically raise the cash for a trip to New York.
Just Me @ 66:
you said it not me.......mine was response to someones post that the Presidents are to old...........the rest you figure out on your own.
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Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 68:
i told you its out there look it up or shut your mug i aint your mother
Rumour is he sleeps up to 16 hours a day.
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 68:
As I learned on another C&L thread earlier today, it is best to just ignore the almost
73 year old Tyree. He is not capable of supplying information to support his wild
accusations and it's best just to let him have the last word..even tho it is moslty
just his view/opinion and not backed up w/any substanuating documentation.
mudshark @ 57:
Unfortunately yes -- as in those who proudly assert they'd never vote for a woman or a black presidential candidate.
I yet have to see evidence that people -- and African Americans in particular -- are drawn to Obama because he happens to be black. In fact, I'd posit the opposite, after seeing one African American pundit after another engaging in (extraneous) debates as to whether Obama is Black Enough.
He does look terrible, and his looks will kill his campaign. I have no doubt that his wife is slee...well, I'll let you finish the sentence.
Doggiebobo @ 75:
he he that comeing from an old fella like yourself 72 is it what makes you so much smarter?
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 76:
Yeah and OJ was innocent....
i noticed you never disputed what i said about clinton guess you just have to be an obamma supporter to have any brains !
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Say what you want about Tyree....he can handle himself....but the funny thing is he hasn't been too far off the mark.....
the only difference between thompson and reagan was reagan had a nice crop of hair!
thanks mudsark
damn I missed it.
tyree @ 80:
Thank you for the ad hominem. Completely uncalled for but not at all unexpected coming from you. I chose not to dispute your equally wild claims about Hillary because, frankly, there's only so many things you can say or write within the time and space afforded here.
Hey Tyree....hows the gun powder holding up...I know you prefer GP to Viagra...can't have you walking around with a hardon for days....you might put someones eye out with that thing........have at it Tyree....
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 86:
gee thanks for you expert oppinion !!
i take all five hundread rounds out and polish the brass every day mudsark its the navy way ,as for old long john i try not to turn around to fast when im startled!
Sitemonitor: Now that Tyree and Mudshark have agreed that they are in the same
camp as to misinformation, can we others who would prefer to stay on the topic
of this Tread get back to Thompson and his ineptness as a candidate for Repig
Party?
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 86:
HC did have a meeting w/Murdoch and she did accept funds from him.......as for Obama...he's pretty slick.....10 and 25 dollar donations don't keep you in the upper tier for this long.....but hey.....prove us wrong.
Fuck you Thompson, go back to the retirement country club and disappear!
Doggiebobo @ 90:
boo fuckin hoo............see ya around Tyree...
Gosh. He looks like he's already been president for 8 years...Rode hard and put up wet.
Doggiebobo @ 90:
relax dogo youll live longer!
baby jesus thinks he is a complete moron
k cya mudsark!
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 81:
Sitemonitor: Correct, Obama is not the topic. It was not my intention to raise Obama here, let alone to try to divert the thread. But I do find your decision curiously impartial and woeful as it appears to render implicit support for ad hominem and wild speculation by others.
baby jesus @ 96:
I have to ask, are you referring to Thompson or Tyree? Sorry, felt like some
humor might be needed here in order to lighten things up...
mudshark @ 71:
Yeah, but you were pretty age-specific, too...old man. According to Smack_dab, you must be nearing the end of your life now that you're 50. In case you're not here tomorrow, I'll say my good-byes now and hope that your voyage up (or down) is good.
Kidding aside, what a completely clueless thing to say in #43. Jesus, I'm over 50, and I care much more about the future of this country than I did 10 years ago.
So offensive.
As to tyree and mudshark, good riddance. Beyond the pale does not even begin to describe your comments here.
Doggiebobo @ 99:
no i think hes talking about you , chuckle yuk yuk you suceded
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega @ 101:
say wich pale was that?
I do think he looks ill. Would explain the hesitation, his wife's over-activity in his campaign ad so on...
New name: DEAD Thompson (jeez, he looks like a friggin' mummy...)
I'm sorry. Was he speaking English, or was that a really bad Google translation of something he was saying in another tongue? At least Bush didn't begin showing obvious symptoms of brain calcification from alcohol poisoning until he'd been in office for a few months.
As to the Cameron(Faux Noise) bit above, when saying that Thompson "was getting
closer and closer"...did Cameron mean to the scuptlured "Butter Cow" at the Fair
Grounds, or closer to deciding he would NOT enter the fray? I concur w/others;
Freddie T. does not look well and if for no better reason than his health, he should
stick to re-runs of Law and Order.
Doggiebobo @ 107:
what?
oh you mean freds dam near dead
tyree @ 108:
Click on the video above w/Cameron of Faux Noise; watch and listen and you'll
comprehend what my comments was all about.
no thanks ill just take your word for it!
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Blue Buddha @ 27:
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I hope the young women who have had abortion legal all their lives will realize how serious it would be to lose that right. Get out there and vote (and hope they don't throw your vote away). I read an article that was written in 2000 and doctors told the interviewer stories about pro life women they have given abortions. One girl and her mother picketed outside his office every day. The girl came to him because she needed an abortion. He did the abortion and she was out there picketing the next day. One out of five of the women who get abortions are pro life. Hopefully when they get in the private voting booth, they will vote for a candidate who believes in abortion.
What's with the unexplainable infatuation that rethugs have with candidate that look like they belong in a nursing home or in a mental institution (in the case of W), rather than the WH? Could it be some kind of psychotic yearning for the next Ronnie Reagan incarnate, their Gaawd? Thompson looks like a classic geriatric case. He will be quickly blown away in the storm that is the presidential debates, assuming of course, that he makes it that far, and is the nominee. Either way, he looses.
Thompson is faux .... period.
Hmmaah, they call it a sling blade. hmmmah
Question, is it true people say your too lazy to put in the hours needed to become President let alone a President that has to put in long hours to get things done?
answer- Well doesn't suprise me people in Washington don't like me. There will be more that don't like me as the campaign goes on.
" Proof is in the Puddin "
Thats why I'm just now getting around to maybe get in the race. But haven't yet. I haven't even made a speech at Pat Robertson's fundamentalist religious university. With all the robes and crosses and stuff.......................
Doggiebobo @ 90:
you know doggy if you are 72 as you say youd do well to do as i do, if theirs a poster you dont like dont read the post ,nobody forces you to read it, say wasnt you with me in korea ? oh probably not im sure you was a good boy and stayed in school , now back to fred thompson what were you saying about how importent your thoughts were,
Annoyed Canuck @ 55:
He's a year behind me. He's a Leo. An egomaniac. Perfect for politics. So, where's my trophy wife? Oh yeah, out at the opera with the girls.
So Fred is waiting for that report from Petraeus. Guess no one told him that it's really coming from the White House. Read a newspaper Fred, not just your goddam scripts.
Well, I hate to say it, but, for whatever reason, America hasn't had a bald president since Eisenhower.
And Eisenhower, at least, was a true American hero.
Unlike anyone in today's Dilbert/Fight Club-modelled neocon Republican party.
Fred Thompson just looks kinda like a bald Tricky Dick Nixon.
The Bible Belt won't like his wife.
The fact that Freddie's dumber'n a doorknob won't help matters at all, either.
Looks like Freddy can use some of that fine healthcare that he is happy to deny the rest of America. Fuck him.
Lurch Thompson has a fear of commitment. He's letting his fundie fanbase who ignore his womanizing down
you know he does look old and maybe a little tired. but, if he keeps talking like that he will win the republican nomination with ease. he really sounds like he believes what he says. of course he;ll get stomped in the general election with that bush bs.
I'm sorry.. The entire time I was watching and hearing Thompson drone on I kept seeing the tall butler in Twin Peaks that passed by the doorway several times...very slooooowwwly. Strange, but as they say, "proofs in the pudding"...
the repubs will never ever overturn roe, because that is the core of the issues that get them elected, they would rather slowly chip away at roe, that way they can still get the single issues voter, who agree with everything the democratic party does but loses their support due to roe, if roe ever get overturn, than the single issue will be jumping ship faster than the sinking titanic, and the repubs knows that inorder to stay in office, they need roe to be alieve so that it can be slowly chip away, and campaign on that single issues, by promisng to overturn it but choose to slowly chip it away right before election times for the secound presidency, the single issues voter will continue to go into their circles, and when roe finally get chip away that it can get drown in a toilet, they will still be able to get the single issue voter, because roe is still alieve but roe will become so small that woman will die from it, yet the single issues voter will still vote for them.
mudshark @ 51:
mudsark im thru voteing for loosers and politicians who are joined at the hip to the nazis who run this country ,ill vote for kucinich in the primarys after that if they run hillery or obamma im thru voteing , four more wars!
"I can understand why he hasn’t announced yet" -- JA
H'yeah, Cheney hasn't resigned yet, so the VP post isn't yet available for Fred "Gerald Ford" Thompson.
Have another cigarette Fred.
just what america needs a lazy pussy hound in the white house
"I can understand why he hasn’t announced yet. He looks nothing like the Aqua Velva man Tweety called him…"
Actually he looks like a town drunk who has been drinking Aqua Velva!
So many down home platitudes and homilies... now if he would just back the hell off of women's reproduction issues. Why is it a bunch of old men like to meddle with womens' choices?
Fred, if you get pregnant, you don't have to have an abortion. (sarcasm here)
Hate to say this, but that was some really bad lighting for Thompson....
It was a good thing his young wife wasn't beside him when this segment was shot....
Damn....
I also noticed this use of the word "cure" when he could have said "fix" or "improve" and he also used the term "bad medicine" regarding Roe v Wade - these Freudian slips are the first hint. Add this to the fact that he does look like he has lost weight and does not look well, the indication is that he is delaying the announcement of his campaign because of health problems - Any comments?
darrelplant wrote:
Cure", "cure", and "curable" all in the space of one short interview. I think Thompson's got a lot on his mind right now. I wish him the best, but hope he decides not to risk his health by running
We're used to seeing him on 'Law and Order' with tons of makeup and great lighting. The all smoke and mirrors of Hollywood. But he moves very slowly when not in his cart. He doesn't look well. I wish him good health, but I don't think he could endure the rigors of campaigning. He is not presidential material. For once in my life, I'm in agreement with Nixon!
This case demonstrates clearly how reliable these so called "polls" really are. The results are fabricated, fed through the MSM media distribution system and, voila, we have a high flying potential presidential candidate...bull shit....WAKE UP PEOPLE - IFYOU'RE FALLING FOR THIS, YOU'RE DRINKING THE KOOLAID AGAIN.
Who did the poll, who paid for the poll, when, what was the question asked, etc.Look beyond the shiny pretty object on the screen used to distract you.
tyree @ 120:
Yes, I too was in Korea w/the 2nd Division out of Ft. Lewis Washington in 1954, so stick to the subject asshole
It would appear Aqua Velva causes cancer. Careful Matthews.
How he looks aside, his major asset is that he's tall enough to tower over Hillary or Barack and he's "like Reagan." Whoopee.
Gregory - sorry to hear you went through it in your family. But, I wonder. I've dealt with a number of pharmacy customers with cancer. In addition to weight loss, most had a very grey complexion. I don't see that in Thompson, of course, with the miracle of Photoshop's hue and saturation...
Doggiebobo @ 139:
well asshole kill many chinese in ft lewis?
Anyone notice the "Fred Thompson (R-NC)" error? Are they all morons over at Faux?
Stupid question, I know.
tyree @ 142:
let me refresh your memmory you got the korean war medal for nothing ,nothing ,the war ended in july of 53 they gave it out to any kiddie cruiser till till 55, show that medal off much? i got two battle stars how many you got slick?
tyree @ 95:
and since doggy boo boo and inca have stoped kissing each others ass ill answer your question obamma has been acused of takeing money from airpac and he hasnt denied it, clinton admitted to takeing money from the pharmacuitcals other corporations and airpack , how many charges of coruption have you heard of about kucinich? none , who says get out of nafta none but gravel and kucinich who says impeach bush kucinich , are you getting it yet dogboy ?
Of course he looks bad. He's 'old.' He doesn't look so good without the Hollywood/Law and Order makeup. DOB: August 19, 1942. Happy Birthday Fred! 65 tomorrow. Please, Fred, go collect Social Security and forget the presidency. We don't need another old man, from the past generation. Especially another Nixonite! Didn't we learn our Nixon-era holdover lessons with Rumsfeld and Cheney?!
No wonder he avioded the TV debates. Can you imagine him standing next to Mit Romney? Like his GRANDFATHER!
This wing-nutO looks sickly, like his cancer returned.
Just Me...I don't want someone who's stuck in a mentality that is from a different age.I believe we need someone who has new ideas,not the same old way of doing things.With Fred Thompson I think we will get the same old crap .As for too young.....anyone under 43-45 simlpy hasn't had enough time to get the required experience in politics and foreign policy.I believe that someone in the age group i stated earlier will represent the country best.I still stand by my earlier post@#48......just my opinion.
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#146...your personal attacks on Tyree were uncalled for.....along with that other person.You guys started this.What were you thinking?You both came of as self rightous.....is his opinion any less valuable than yours?You did have the option of proving him or us wrong...but you failed to do that.Why?...Because you can't thats why.His opinion is just as valuable as yours or anyone elses.You must of had to work hard to come up with insults........
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